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Rokautskyia whitmanii

Rokautskyia whitmanii
Photo: Elias Gayles from USA, CC BY 2.0

Rokautskyia whitmanii is a small bromeliad from the Atlantic forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil, known from few wild sites. It is grown as a rare collector's plant and is best kept bright, humid and well drained, like other terrestrial bromeliads.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the potting mix dries, keeping the central cup lightly moist and avoiding waterlogged roots.
Soil
Fast-draining mix of peat or coir with bark, perlite and some leaf mould.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil (Espírito Santo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rokautskyia whitmanii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil (the state of Espírito Santo). It was first described by Elton Leme in 1994 as Cryptanthus whitmanii.

Other Rokautskyia plants

Rokautskyia caulescens · Rokautskyia exaltata · Rokautskyia fernseeoides · Rokautskyia leuzingerae · Rokautskyia pseudoglaziovii · Rokautskyia roberto-kautskyi · Rokautskyia sanctaluciae · Rokautskyia latifolia · Rokautskyia microglazioui · Rokautskyia odoratissima · Rokautskyia pseudoscaposa · Rokautskyia scaposa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rokautskyia whitmanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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